From the daring imagination of one of China's greatest living
novelists comes a work of startling power and originality-the story
of a young man "displaced" to a small village in rural China during
the 1960s. Told in the format of a dictionary, with a series of
vignettes disguised as entries, "A Dictionary of Maqiao" is a novel
of bold invention-and a fascinating, comic, deeply moving journey
through the dark heart of the Cultural Revolution.
Entries trace the wisdom and absurdities of Maqiao: the petty
squabbles, family grudges, poverty, infidelities, fantasies,
lunatics, bullies, superstitions, and especially the odd logic in
their use of language-where the word for "beginning" is the same as
the word for "end"; "little big brother" means older sister; to be
"scientific" means to be lazy; and "streetsickness" is a disease
afflicting villagers visiting urban areas. Filled with colorful
characters-from a weeping ox to a man so poisonous that snakes die
when they bite him-"A Dictionary of Maqiao" is both an important
work of Chinese literature and a probing inquiry into the
extraordinary power of language.
General
| Imprint: |
Anchor Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2005 |
| First published: |
September 2005 |
| Authors: |
Han Shaogong
|
| Translators: |
Julia Lovell
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 134 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
394 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-385-33935-3 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
Chinese
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-385-33935-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780385339353 |
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